Richard De BEAUCHAMP, 1st Earl of Worcester^[1]

Abt 1395 - 1422  (~ 27 years)

• Name	Richard De BEAUCHAMP  [2, 3, 4, 5]
  Suffix	1st Earl of Worcester
  Born	Abt 1395	Abergavenny, Monmouthshire, England   [2, 3, 5]
  Gender	Male
  FamilySearch ID	GNHD-YK5
  Name	3rd\1St Earl Of WORCESTER
  _UID	5DF491C70C074F4D92B236E3A4A1DE60387D
  Died	18 Mar 1422	The Siege of Meaux, France   [2, 3, 5]
  Buried	25 Apr 1422	Tewkesbury Abbey, Gloucestershire, England   [3]
  Person ID	I13379	Carney Wehofer 2024 Genealogy
  Last Modified	16 Dec 2022

  
  

  Father	Sir. William BEAUCHAMP, Baron,   b. Abt 1358, Warwick, Warwickshire, England ,   d. 8 May 1411  (Age ~ 53 years)
  Mother	Joan FITZALAN, Baroness Of Abergavenny,   b. 1375, Abergavenny, Gwent Uwch Coed, Monmouth, Wales ,   d. 14 Nov 1435  (Age 60 years)
  Alt. Marriage	23 Jul 1392	England   [6]
  Alt. Marriage	1395	Abergavenny, Monmouthshire, England   [3]
  Married	Abt 1396	Abergavenny, Gwent Uwch Coed, Monmouth, Wales   [7, 8]
  Family ID	F3856	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Notes

  Sir Richard Beauchamp, de jure 2nd Lord Bergavenny and 1st and last Earl of Worcester, KB (1413); b by 1397; Jt Warden Welsh Marches 1415, Capt lancers and archers Normandy 1418, created Feb 1420/1 Earl of Worcester; m 27 July 1411 Lady Isabel le Despenser (b posthumously 26 July 1400; on her brother Richard's death became according to later doctrine Baroness Burghersh in her own right; m 2nd c 26 Nov 1423, as his 2nd wife, her husband's cousin Richard Beauchamp, 13th Earl of Warwick, who s. Nov 1435 to Abergavenny Castle and its demesne lands as male heir under the entail drawn up Feb 1395/6; she d 27 Dec 1439), daughter of 1st and last Earl of Gloucester of the 1397 creation, and (Richard Beauchamp) dspm 18 March 1421/2 of wounds received at Siege of Meaux (successfully concluded against French by Henry V 10 May 1422), where-upon the earldom of Worcester became extinct or reverted to the Crown (with in effect the same result), while the barony of Bergavenny or Beauchamp de Bergavenny, unless looked on as one by tenure, passed according to later doctrine to his only daughter. [Burke's Peerage] ------------------------ Richard de Beauchamp, KB, Lord Bergavenny, b. by 1397, being 14+ in June 1411, dsp in France 18 Mar 1421/2 (son of William Beauchamp, KG, Lord Bergavenny, and Joan Fitz Alan), and Isabel le Despenser, m. 27 July 1411, (daughter of Thomas le Despenser and Constance, daughter of Edmund, Duke of York). [Magna Charta Sureties] Note: According to the above citation, Richard de Beauchamp, "dsp" in France 18 Mar 1421/2, but had an "only daughter" (Elizabeth)!? ------------------------- EARLDOM OF WORCESTER (III, 1) 1421 to 1422 BARONY of ABERGAVENNY (II) 1411 Richard Beauchamp, who, unless the Peerage be considered as one incident to the tenure of the Castle (which he never possessed), must be considered as Lord Bergavenny, or Beauchamp of Bergavenny, son and heir of William by Joan FitzAlan, b. in or before 1397, being 14 years old and upwards in June 1411. KB 8 Apr 1413. Joint Warden of the Welsh Marches 1415. Capt. of Lancers and Archers in Normandy 1418. He does not appear among the fourteen Barons in the Parliament of 16 Nov 1417, nor among the thirteen Barons in that of 16 Oct 1419, but (in his 23rd or 24th year), viz. in Feb 1420/1, was created Earl of Worcester. He m. 27 Jul 1411, at Tewkesbury, Isabel, sister and eventually (1414) sole heir of Richard le Despenser, apparently de jure Lord Burghersh, being daughter of Thomas, the attainted Earl of Gloucester (Lord le Despenser), by Constance, daughter of Edmund, Duke of York. He dspm. (being mortally wounded at the siege of Meaux in France, 18 Mar 1421/2), and was buried 25 Apr 1422 in Tewkesbury Abbey. At his death, his vast estates and the representation of his Barony devolved on his only daughter and heir, but the Earldom of Worcester apparently reverted to the Crown. His widow, (who was b. (posthumous) 26 Jul 1400 at Cardiff, and who was apparently suo jure Baroness Burghersh) m. (by papl dispensation) 26 Nov 1423, at Hanley Castle, co. Worcester, as 2nd wife, her husband's cousin, Richard Beauchamp, 13th Earl of Warwick, who d. 30 Apr, and was buried 4 Oct 1439, at Warwick. M.I. Will dated 8 Aug 1435. She d. 27 Dec 1439, at the Friars Minoresses, London, and was buried 13 Jan 1439/40, in Tewkesbury Abbey. M.I. WIll dated 1 Dec 1439, probated 4 Feb 1439/40. Inq.p.m. at Abingdon, June 1441. [Complete Peerage I:26-27, XIV:6]

  
  

• Sources

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